From the review: “…truly exciting…a thoroughly convincing, immaculately researched account of a society in which those who can afford it can acquire wings…. There are breathtaking accounts of the skills and dangers of flying, using intimate knowledge of how the air behaves as a medium–updrafts, thermals, clouds, storms…

Best of all, though, is the gripping story….

This wonderful new author unerringly explores the social consequences, and the strains between fliers and non-fliers.” Crisetta MacLeod

I’m very excited that Amanda Lohrey’s fine collection of short stories, Reading Madame Bovary, has won the Fiction Book Award and Australian Short Story Collection Award in the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards. It’s so heartening to see good work recognised. Congratulations, Amanda!

When We Have WingsClaire Corbett★★★★★★A wonderfully imagined speculative fiction set in a world where human flight has become possible through surgically crafted wings and an ongoing drug regime. Only the rich and powerful can afford wings, leading to societal separation of ‘fliers’ and ‘non-fliers’….Poignant, beautiful and achingly human, this story is well worth the read.